Philosophy

Philosophy asks the big questions: Do we exist? Can we know anything? How should we live? We look at what the great thinkers have said about these questions, and examine whether their answers stand up to scrutiny. This requires expertise in critical thinking - evaluating arguments and clearly expressing arguments of your own. These skills learnt in philosophy are transferable to every area of life.

NEW! Prof. Pigliucci has published an article on Stoicism as practical philosophy in the New York Times: How to Be a Stoic.

NEW! Prof. Morton won the American Philosophical Association's contest for best philosophy op-ed piece with her essay "Unequal Classrooms: What Online Education Cannot Teach," published in The Chronicle of Hhiger Education.

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